By a 54 percent vote, the citizens did not want to pledge a financial tax to support the costs of what it would take to host the Olympics.

According to Sion Mayor Philippe Varone, the vote is final.

“There is no Plan B,” he said.

“The Sion 2026 Executive Committee will return its mandate to organize Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games issued by Swiss Olympic and will prepare to dissolve,” the Swiss Olympic Committee said in a press release.

Sion was an option because of their ski jumps and courses are already in good condition, which would lower the costs for the International Olympic Committee since new construction would not be needed.

Other viable sites are Turin and Milan in Italy; Graz in Austria; Stockholm; Turkey’s Erzurum; Calgary, Canada; and Sapporo, Japan.